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Crypto Billionaires Hand Reform UK $97M in Record Donations
Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne each gave £36 million, and between them beat what every UK party raised last year.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Decrypt
Farage’s Reform UK gets biggest donation ever from crypto billionaire: Reports
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Ben Delo, co-founder of BitMEX, donated almost $50 million to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party.
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- Ben Delo, co-founder of BitMEX, donated almost $50 million to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party.
- Reported by Cointelegraph and published Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:50:14 UTC.
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Farage’s Reform UK gets biggest donation ever from crypto billionaire: Reports
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